I Love Ancient-Era Flight-from-Famine Stories. A Golden Finger Is Fine, but the Plot Must Be Logically Sound 极爱古代逃荒文，可以有点金手指，但要求逻辑严谨

1. 51 被 Driven from My Ancestral Home, I Feast with My Family 被逼出祖宅我带家人大鱼大肉 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Li Yongsheng wakes from a deep sleep to discover that he has transmigrated. Still dazed, he hears people arguing. His uncle, a scholar who had passed the first imperial exam, stole someone's jade pendant and was confronted over it. The family hurriedly held a discussion and made Li Yongsheng's honest, simple father take the blame. His mother was utterly unwilling, but she couldn't withstand the barrage of pressure. Fortunately, after the pendant was returned, the other party didn't pursue the ma 10.4kReads8.7Score871Shelves

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   It's great! Highly recommended! [Heart][heart][heart]

2. 52 穿 Transmigrate and Enlist to Survive! I Never Meant to Make a Big Splash! 穿越招兵活下去！真没想搞大事！ Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical376k WordsCompleted Zhang Ye wakes up and finds that he has transmigrated to an ancient dynasty in a parallel world. The whole village accuses him of having an affair with his widowed sister-in-law, then drives him out in the dead of winter to fend for himself. Faced with hundreds of sneering, disgusting faces, he fights back and accidentally activates a pocket-dimension System. If he can’t put up with it, he doesn’t have to. He’ll just fight! War breaks out as the nation descends into chaos, and the whole village 775Reads7.3Score108Shelves
3. 53 穿 Transmigrated with Three Kids! A Ruinous Start, a Road to Riches! 穿越带仨娃！天崩开局致富路！ Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical1.2M WordsCompleted Li Tianming was done for. He lay motionless in a drafty thatched hut. He was a graduate student researching traditional Chinese medicine and herbal remedies, but after a loose-lipped remark, he tasted an herb and somehow transmigrated into the body of a pauper. Being poor wasn't the problem, and he could even accept being in his thirties. But the body was in terrible shape: its former owner had drunk himself to death, leaving Li Tianming with three children outside, wailing their hearts out! A d 21.8kReads8.1Score1.7kShelves
4. 54 开 The Golden Age of Kaiyuan! What’s That Got to Do With a Poor Soldier Like Me? 开元盛世！关我穷鬼府兵啥事？ Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Rural Life346k WordsOngoing Lin Feng accidentally transmigrated to the nineteenth year of the Kaiyuan era of the Tang Dynasty. The golden age was dawning, yet he felt no joy at all. Thirty li northeast of Yunzhou City, beneath Mount Baideng, beside the Sanggan River, in Zhuyuan Village, Yongding Township. As a conscript about to be cast aside, Lin Feng was consumed by worry. As the family's main breadwinner, he had no choice but to work hard in the fields. His family of five had only a little over ten mu of meager farmland 3.4kReads—Score204Shelves
5. 55 被 Falsely Accused and Split from the Family! My Life of Fine Food Makes the Old Homestead Green with Envy 被冤分家！鱼肉生活馋哭老宅 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Rural Life363k WordsCompleted Lin Feng woke up to find the sky had fallen. He had transmigrated to ancient Great Liang, where his family of four was being driven out over a pitiful accusation: his cousin from his uncle’s household claimed he had stolen and eaten an egg. The egg belonged to his grandfather, the family patriarch. Enraged, the old man wanted to send thirteen-year-old Lin Feng away for forced labor. His usually meek father, long accustomed to being bullied, finally snapped. He took the whole family and left with 8.3kReads7.6Score738Shelves
6. 56 天 Fleeing Disaster: Our Whole Family Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Survive 天灾逃荒：全家穿到古代求生存 One Meal a Week一周一饭Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No romantic pairing + farming + infrastructure development + exile + famine migration, a pure plot-driven novel] Ji Xingran never imagined that simply climbing a mountain would result in their family of three transmigrating. They even transmigrated into a group of exiles headed toward a bitterly cold land. Fortunately, all three family members' backpacks became spatial storage, and Ji Xingran also gained special survival skill points that allowed them to predict the weather, gather wild fruit, 13.5kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
7. 57 全 The Whole Family Transmigrates: 18 Ways to Survive in Ancient Times 全家穿越：古代生存十八法 The Butterfly Doesn't Want To蝴蝶不愿意Ancient Romance3.1M WordsCompleted The whole family transmigrates to ancient times after an accident. Whether that counts as good luck or bad luck is anyone’s guess. They’ve barely woken up when they find out the family has no money, no land, and a mountain of debt to repay. Not one of them has a golden finger, either. But the dog that came along with them is rather interesting. Could it be some kind of divine hound? This big family has to put food on the table, keep the household harmonious, and make progress in their studies. W 49.9kReads9.5Score5.4kShelves

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   I recommend these books; they are all very good.

8. 58 穿 Transmigrate to Turn a Poor Home into a Prosperous One 穿越之穷家富路 The Butterfly Doesn't Want To蝴蝶不愿意Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted The unlucky Jian family transmigrates to ancient times after an ill-timed hiking trip. There is no good news, only bad news. The bad news includes, but isn't limited to, the fact that they've transmigrated to a place in the middle of a famine, they're so poor they can only dig up grass roots, not one person in the family has a golden finger, and, worst of all, they don't even have a place to stay. The first full meal they eat after transmigrating comes from begging alms from a monk. With a fate 3.7kReads9.0Score454Shelves
9. 59 本 I’ve Transmigrated to a Famine Year. If You Need Me, Burn Some Paper Offerings 本人已穿荒年，有事记得烧纸 The Butterfly Doesn't Want To蝴蝶不愿意Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Chen Dongyue transmigrated. The good news: She gained access to a strange pocket dimension. The catch was that the unreliable space only worked if her old friend You Sijia made daily “offerings” to it. The bad news: She had transmigrated into the body of a woman as burly as a mountain and as fierce as a tigress. Her family was poor, and on top of that, she had to deal with the “mess” her missing husband had left behind, as well as support her mother-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law. Luc 7.8kReads9.3Score831Shelves
10. 60 穿 Transmigrated into a Refugee Flight, I’ll Keep My Family Alive 穿越逃荒，带家人保命 Blue Cat Takes Flight蓝猫飞起Ancient Romance252k WordsCompleted “Transmigration + Fleeing Famine + Natural Disasters” After transmigrating into the body of an unloved farm girl, she found herself stuck with biased grandparents and parents who didn't care for her. Fortunately, she came up with a way to marry into the Gu family and get away from them. She thought she had escaped her birth family, but then came locusts, drought, and floods. The journey to flee the famine was exceptionally perilous. How could Leng Xiangxiang keep her family alive? And what would 131Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In ancient times, those who fled famine possessed supernatural powers.

11. 61 嘎 After Dying Twice, the System Kicked Her Off to Flee the Famine 嘎了自己两次后，系统踹她去逃荒 Xiao Bai, the Swallow Flying South南飞的燕小白Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted Zhou Lan is the most miserable transmigrator in history. The moment she opens her eyes, her second uncle is trying to marry her off as a rich landowner’s concubine, and the original owner dies after hitting her head while resisting. Zhou Lan herself died saving a child from drowning. Perhaps her good deed earned her enough merit to transmigrate. But she’s a cannon-fodder character chosen by the System to make a comeback. The original owner lives in a world of cultivation, and the System gives Zh 1.6kReads8.1Score153Shelves

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    You can take a look at this book.

12. 62 刚 We Just Had Our Home Confiscated, and Now It's the Apocalypse? I'm Stockpiling Supplies in Ancient Times to Escape the Famine 刚抄家又末世？我在古代囤货逃荒 The Beloved Fish团宠鱼Ancient Romance724k WordsCompleted [Apocalyptic Disasters + Medicine + Superpowers + Spatial Storage + Stockpiling Supplies + No Saintly Heroine] Su Hua transmigrates into a book. She isn’t the heroine or even a supporting character, just a complete sucker who isn’t even important enough to have her name mentioned. In three days, her family will be confiscated and she’ll be exiled. Three months later, she’ll face extreme heat, heavenly fire, earthquakes, tsunamis... The world will turn into a map straight out of the Classic of Mo 22.4kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
13. 63 逃 A Famine-Era Refugee's Modern Life 逃荒女的现代日常 User10131185用户10131185Ancient Romance306k WordsOngoing My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This meets your requirements; the cheat code isn't too big.

14. 64 我 Alone on the Run from Famine in Ancient Times 我在古代独自逃荒 Pepper Salt Qingli椒盐清璃Ancient Romance383k WordsOngoing (No romance) After surviving for three years in the apocalypse, Xiang Rong transmigrates into a disaster-ridden ancient era and has no choice but to flee from famine. She endures drought, extreme heat, and plague. At long last, she finds a place to settle down and enjoys a brief stretch of peace, only for floods, snowstorms, and warfare to follow one after another. She has no choice but to flee once more. 4.6kReads9.1Score360Shelves

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    I've finished reading it, and I feel like this book shouldn't be on Tomato Bookstore! It's so well-written.

15. 65 带 Fleeing Famine with a Parcel Station in Tow 带着快递驿站去逃荒 A Mirror Basking in Moonlight晒月光的镜子Ancient Romance638k WordsOngoing [Fleeing Famine + Stockpiling + Mystery Boxes] Xia Yunhe transmigrated to an ancient farming village, bringing along a huge parcel delivery station. It had everything, but she could only take one item from it each day. Just as she finally found her footing, a devastating drought struck. The crops failed completely. Was this the end for her? What else could she do? Flee the famine with everyone else, of course! 8.6kReads6.5Score704Shelves

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    A time-traveling famine-stricken novel where the protagonist's cheat ability is a delivery station where they open blind boxes every day!

16. 66 逃 Fleeing Famine Is One Thing, but You Have a Golden Finger 逃荒就逃荒，你却有了金手指 Windmill Che Xi风车车兮Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Yuxiu, who runs a small supermarket in modern times, wakes up as Xu Yuxiu, a village girl fleeing famine in ancient times. At a life-or-death moment, she is bound to a famine-escape System and receives a series of golden fingers. She beats the Xu family into submission and sets off alone with her unconscious mother. That’s when she discovers that the little supermarket she ran in her previous life has come along with her. From then on, she and her mother brave every obstacle as they flee famine, 4.7kReads8.9Score570Shelves

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    Super good! The characters are very vivid, each with their own story, though the main character's story is a bit short, only mentioned in important moments. Of all the novels I've read, this is the only one that consistently keeps me reading; it's increasingly addictive. I even stayed up all night to finish it. The only problem is, why hasn't the author updated in 24 years? I want to keep reading! What about all the other amazing characters who haven't been eliminated yet? The female lead's cheat codes are too strong; she always manages to escape danger. Haha 😊

17. 67 觉 After Our Memories Awaken: Fleeing Famine with Our Deadbeat Dad 觉醒记忆之我们和冤种爹的逃荒路 Can't Stand Seeing Me Idle看不得我闲Ancient Romance511k WordsCompleted Qiu Hua, a young girl from the Xie family village in the Southern Yue Kingdom, lives in poverty despite her family owning fifty mu of land. Her grandmother is cold and biased, and her father is a hopeless fool who can't see straight. When she is eight, her second aunt and grandmother beat her unconscious. In her unconsciousness, Qiu Hua dreams of her past life: she was a champion in both shooting and combat sports, living with a kind, generous grandmother, and ultimately died a heroic death savi 650Reads6.7Score102Shelves

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    I think the logic is pretty good.

18. 68 捡 The Lucky Treasure I Picked Up Has a Space! The Whole Village Stockpiles Grain and Heads Into the Deep Mountains 捡的福宝有空间！全村囤粮进深山 A Little Fish Pouch一只鱼兜Ancient Romance162k WordsCompleted [Spatial Storage + Fire Ability + The Whole Village Stockpiles Food + Hunting + Natural Disasters] Song Qingya, an ability user from the post-apocalyptic world, transmigrates into the body of an adorable eight-year-old. On the run from famine, her father doesn’t care about her, her mother doesn’t love her, and they want to sell her for money? Song Qingya sneers. With her fire ability, she can kill them, then burn their house to the ground! With her spatial storage, she can pack up all the food a 34Reads—Score140Shelves

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    This book, where the female protagonist leads the entire village up the mountain to stockpile grain, is worth checking out.

19. 69 假 The Fake Heiress Uses Her Modern Connection to Stock Up Early and Flee the Famine 假千金靠通现代，提前囤货逃荒 Manman Says漫漫说Ancient Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Farming + Rebirth + Connected Across Past and Present + Fleeing Famine + Comeback and Growth + A Touch of Ensemble Cast + Building Wealth] Song Xi is reborn. In her previous life, she was a fake heiress sent back to her hometown. Unable to bear her in-laws breaking off her engagement, she jumped into a river and drowned! But only she knows that she did not jump in to take her own life. The moment she opens her eyes again, she has to face her father, unconscious from serious injuries; her second 18.9kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves

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    A story about a woman from ancient times who escapes famine by traveling to the modern era. After being sent back to the countryside, she manages to improve her predicament and, amidst natural disasters and man-made calamities, manages to escape famine with her family ahead of schedule.

20. 70 疯 It's Madness! On the Famine Road, the Impoverished Grand Secretary Offers Himself to Her 疯了！逃荒路上清贫首辅以身相许 Zhuge Lemon诸葛柠檬Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fleeing famine + farming + imperial examinations + business + devoted husband] [They flee famine at first, then settle into a cozy farming life; the male lead takes the imperial exams. One-on-one romance, both leads untouched.] Shu Wan transmigrates onto an ancient road filled with famine refugees. She's a poor little thing whose mother died, whose father remarried, and whom nobody cares about. She's about to starve to death. With no rice left to cook at home, her stepmother suggests selling he 8.8kReads9.0Score1kShelves

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    A strong female lead; the male lead is delicate and charming, but the female lead possesses incredible fighting skills and is also very clear-headed. She's not the type to unconditionally be good to the male lead from the start! (No charity work involved.)

21. 71 我 My Fists Are the Law 我拳头硬我说了算 Wild Watermelon Explosion野西瓜大爆炸Ancient Romance647k WordsOngoing [爽文 + Strong Female Lead + Fleeing Disaster + Infrastructure Building + Building Wealth + Light Ensemble Cast + Clan Rise + Family Life + Comedy + No Storage Space] The feared big sister of the underworld transmigrates to Ma Family Village in the Great Xia Dynasty, a place so poor it can barely scrape by. The original owner's whole family is a bunch of tough customers, which suits her just fine. She can't change her nature, whether in her past life or this one: she wants money and power. So she 27.9kReads8.9Score5kShelves
22. 72 穿 Transmigrating to Ancient Times: I’m Taking the Lead 穿越古代姐独挑大梁 Yang Heran杨贺然Ancient Romance2.9M WordsOngoing Reason for the hiatus: My family has been renovating our home lately, and I really haven't had the energy to keep updating. I'll continue writing this book once things settle down, so please wait a little longer, everyone. [Group transmigration + Humorous historical romance + Fleeing famine and farming + Past and present lives] The story includes: [Joyful flight from famine + Passionate wartime battles + Mysterious conspiracies + Brain-teasing viral mysteries + Heartwarming infrastructure and fa 27Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Packed with memorable scenes of fleeing famine! From raiding a corrupt landlord's grain store to using underhanded tactics against bandits and leading refugees to blow up the city gates, the entire story is high-energy and hilarious. It's not a wish-fulfillment story! The female lead doesn't just effortlessly dominate; her journey from surviving famine to assisting the new emperor in quelling war is solid and increasingly engaging. A blend of hilarious famine escape, intense war, and heartwarming farming life, it has all the essential elements without being overly complicated. This long novel is highly addictive, a must-read for anyone looking for something to read. Completely original plot, no clichés! Parallel universes, a world of obsessive existence, and the protection of China's destiny—the scope expands expans further, making the ending unpredictable. A top choice for lighthearted historical romance! The journey through famine is chaotic and hilarious, filled with everyday laughs, and a sweet yet not cloying romance.

23. 73 大 The Strong Widow and Her Children of Every Shape and Size Flee the Famine 大力寡妇与高矮胖瘦的儿女在逃荒 Ximen Qizi西门七仔Ancient Romance4.7M WordsOngoing [No romance + widow + butcher + the whole village flees famine + farming + space + building wealth] Some people are killed by cars, others by people jumping from buildings, but Cheng Guqing is crushed to death by grain in a granary! Then she transmigrates. She wakes up as a 45-year-old widow, 180 centimeters tall and weighing 200 jin, whose husband has just died and who’s astonishingly strong. She goes straight from being an unmarried older woman to a grandmother, gaining a pile of children, in- 13.7kReads8.8Score810Shelves

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    A super good famine escape story

24. 74 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book: The Cannon Fodder Starts Over in Exile 穿书之炮灰翻身从流放开始 Purple Zi Nuo Nuo紫紫诺诺Ancient Romance280k WordsCompleted Imprisoned right from the start. What do I do? As an unambitious office worker, her greatest hobby outside work was reading novels. That didn’t mean she wanted to transmigrate into a book she’d only skimmed, let alone become the original owner, a tragic cannon-fodder character who appeared in fewer than a hundred words! Yun Shu was done for! But that wasn’t even the worst of it. Her entire family would soon be exiled, and most of them would die. The survivors would return for revenge, and, as lu 4kReads9.0Score239Shelves

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    The transmigrated woman starts her life in prison and faces exile. Clear-headed and detached from worldly concerns, she decisively uses her exile to achieve wealth and leisure in a monarchical society, becoming a successful, albeit somewhat hapless, woman who enjoys life to the fullest.

25. 75 穿 Transmigrated as a Lucky Farm Girl, I Make the Whole Villainous Family Panic 穿成农家小福星，全家反派都慌了 Swinging in the Moonlit Night月夜秋千荡Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The animated series Little Lucky Star Yun Shengsheng is now streaming [Adorable child + mind-reading + farming + the whole family dotes on her + pocket dimension + System] Yun Shengsheng, an executive assistant to a company president, transmigrates into a book. She becomes a three-year-old mute little fool in the story. Her parents and four older sisters are all wicked villains, constantly finding new ways to get themselves killed. Yun Shengsheng is at a loss, but she can't explain herself. What 69.1kReads8.8Score10.6kShelves
26. 76 带 Fleeing Famine With My Handsome but Foolish Father 带着貌美如花的傻爹逃荒 Ten-Leaf Flower十叶花Ancient Romance558k WordsCompleted She was a warehouse manager in another world, and had planned to quit at thirty and lie flat. Then disaster struck. The warehouse exploded, and she died. But she had a whole pocket dimension full of supplies, all stocked for when she settled down and took it easy. After her death, she was reborn as a baby in the body of a girl named Su Yihan in this world. Her mother had abandoned them. Looking at her beautiful but dimwitted father and her four-year-old little brother, Su Yihan got a headache. S 2.5kReads7.9Score383Shelves

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    This is an ancient Chinese famine relief story. The female protagonist has a spatial ability, and her martial arts skills need to be developed through growth.

27. 77 逃 Fleeing the Famine, Fleeing the Famine, Reborn as a Face-Slapping Maniac! 逃荒慌逃荒慌，重生变成打脸狂！ Alone in Chang'an独自长安Ancient Romance123k WordsCompleted [Those who survive... are the real protagonists.] [Come along for a journey through an ancient Apocalypse of natural disasters and the refugee trek that follows~] Zhou Er Ya was reborn, but she got bound to some ridiculous System called the Protagonist Face-Slapping System. Whatever. It could give her food, so Zhou Er Ya was still pretty happy. But this System was a little strange... [Excerpt: [Host, would you like to spend twenty points to unlock the ability to kick someone out of thin air?] [Y 308Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A story about fleeing famine and farming; the early part features natural disasters, while the later part focuses on farming.

28. 78 孤 A Lowly Maid's Journey Through Time and Space 孤婢的逆时空 Qingdai Zhuru青黛竹茹Modern Romance696k WordsOngoing "Past and present worlds connected + Golden finger + Getting rich through business + Opening a school in the modern world to enroll students from ancient times + Sweet romance" A martial-arts-trained maid from ancient times is fiercely loyal to her mistress, but her mistress grows suspicious of her and orders her hunted down. While fleeing, the maid accidentally transmigrates to the modern world, where she meets the son of an antiques dealer. From then on, she uses the space and System she gaine 378Reads8.3Score103Shelves

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    High-quality, thought-provoking [laughs] and a little funny, with a scene of an ancient emperor eating fried chicken later on [laughs]. New book is here, no melodrama, no heartbreak [laughs]. The female lead travels from ancient times to the modern era, going from nothing to a net worth of over 100 million, acquiring businesses in both eras [shy]. She also happens to pick up a rich second-generation boyfriend [laughs][what][what]

29. 79 乱 In a Chaotic World, I Help My Family Rise to the Top! 乱世带家人混成人上人！ Carp Spirit, Alas鲤鱼精唉Ancient Romance160k WordsOngoing (Fictional ancient setting, no romance, pocket dimension, family bonds, building a career) From farm girl to empress War rages across the land, and refugees are everywhere. On the road to safety, all anyone wants is to stay alive. With a pocket dimension at her side, Li Nianxi leads her family through countless hardships before finally settling in Liangzhou. A badly wounded man by the roadside? She takes him in. An old man freezing at her door? She takes him in. Bandits trying to steal her 3Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 80 逃 Stockpile Grain and Meat Before Fleeing the Famine, and Live Well in Chaotic Times 逃荒前囤粮买肉，乱世生活美滋滋 A Li Doesn't Eat Scallions阿离不吃葱Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Magic space + fleeing famine + supernatural golden finger + family life + food + natural disasters) This book fell apart. Don’t read it, please don’t read it, it’s awful! Bai Huanxi, a ninth-level lightning ability powerhouse from the apocalypse, was exhausted after completing a mission. She drank too fast, choked, and died! When she wakes up, she discovers she’s become the female lead’s foil in a novel! The female lead, Bai Linglong, is the county magistrate’s legitimate daughter. Born blessed 5.5kReads7.8Score469Shelves

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    Not bad! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

31. 81 穿 Transmigrated as a Spoiled Noblewoman, She Was Exiled to a Poor Mountain Village 穿成娇蛮贵女，她被发配到穷山沟 Heavenly Wind Gou v天风姤vAncient Romance483k WordsOngoing Zhao Liang died, and Zhao Liang woke up in another world. She had become the notorious, domineering, and utterly unhinged young lady of the capital. With a reputation in the capital so foul that no one could stand her, she had no choice but to obey her family and retire to the impoverished mountain village where her family originated. Zhao Liang: I’m leaving behind the backbreaking life I had in my previous life. I’m going to be a happy freeloader and lie flat in retirement! Long live lying flat 278Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    Farming and infrastructure building, a humorous ancient time-travel novel with a rural writing style, a female lead who is not naive, an incredibly relaxing and stress-relieving story, no romantic pairing, no system, no cheat codes, and no spatial abilities.

32. 82 穿 I Transmigrate into a Refugee Flight and Turn the Tables with My Douyin Favorites 穿越赶上逃荒，我靠抖音收藏逆袭 Fu Zhizhi扶支枝Ancient Romance123k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate] [Fleeing Famine] [Wartime Chaos] [Farming] [Business] Lin Wu is a veteran Douyin "digital hoarder." Her motto is: never stop saving, never start learning. Lin Wu imagined that one day, after she retired, she would finally open her saved videos. Not that she would transmigrate for some inexplicable reason. When she wakes up, Lin Wu has transmigrated into the body of a ten-year-old who starved to death while fleeing famine. While everyone else chews tree bark, she relies on the vide 2.1kReads—Score264Shelves

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    For those looking for a famine escape story, check this one out! No spatial abilities! The "golden finger" (powerful advantage) is a collection of survival and tutorial videos from Douyin (TikTok), but it's not unlimited; there's a mental limit, so it's not supernatural. It features a ten-year-old female protagonist, a clear-headed and strong-willed mother (Zhou Shi), and a father with mysterious fighting abilities, as they flee the famine together with her younger sister. They fight against difficult relatives, avoid bandits, gather herbs, and trade salt and food. The survival details are meticulously crafted, and the atmosphere of a chaotic world is incredibly immersive. If you enjoy realistic famine escape survival stories, give it a try!

33. 83 流 Exiled to the Northern Frontier? I’ll Reclaim the Wasteland with My Reborn Husband 流放北疆？我带重生夫君开荒 Meatball with a Fried Egg煎蛋的肉肉Ancient Romance678k WordsCompleted [No System, no pocket dimension, transmigrated woman vs. reborn man] [If you want an overpowered golden finger, this isn't for you] [There are children, but if you want a story focused purely on raising kids, this isn't for you] [No political scheming! No household intrigue! No palace intrigue! Not a power fantasy about a strong female lead!] [Some chapters end with short skits where the male lead transmigrates to the modern world; proceed with caution if that's not your thing] Tan Yun transmig 2.1kReads6.3Score293Shelves

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    Well, but what about those who flee famine? And what about farming?

34. 84 穿 Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Create a Peach Blossom Paradise with My Pocket Dimension 穿越荒年我靠空间创造了桃花源 Passion Like a Torch如炬之情Ancient Romance306k WordsCompleted [Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling Food + Farming + Building Wealth + Fleeing Famine + Wartime Chaos] The moment she opens her eyes, Shen Niannian has transmigrated from a frozen apocalypse into the body of a thirteen-year-old farm girl in ancient times. Her family's little courtyard has come along as her own pocket dimension, though there's something strange about it: medicines appear from time to time. Is she supposed to use them to treat the sick and save lives? As the rooms in the pocket dimens 151Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's very beautiful.

35. 85 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    The poorest county magistrate's wife in history reclaimed wasteland for farming.

36. 86 史 The Poorest County Magistrate's Wife in History Leads the Whole County to Prosperity 史上最穷县令夫人带全县百姓赚钱 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance993k WordsCompleted Hang Ying, head of a reclusive modern-day clan, dies during an expedition and transmigrates into Yingzi, the wife of Xu Mengran, a penniless county magistrate in the Great Chu Empire. Who ever heard of a county magistrate being poor? Well, this one wears a patched robe, and his wife earns money washing and mending clothes to help him pursue a career in the imperial examinations. They have no maids or guards, the yamen runners look down on them, and a rich young lady even comes to their door to b 570Reads7.0Score—Shelves
37. 87 渡 I Became a God After Surviving the Trial of Love 渡情劫后成功封神 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Bai Yan, the legitimate daughter of a family of military commanders, came down from the mountains after mastering her art so she could return to her home in the capital and overcome her romantic tribulation. At the city gate, the emperor stopped her and ordered her burned as a sacrifice to Heaven and Earth. She also learned that her birth parents had abandoned her because of rumors calling her an ill-fated poison maiden. To clear her name, Bai Yan took responsibility for treating the plague and 99Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 88 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 313.2kReads9.4Score28.3kShelves
39. 89 灾 Farming Through Famine: I Take Down the Immortal Sect with Merit 灾荒种田：我靠功德干翻仙门 Pat My Belly, It’s Full of Ink拍拍肚子全是墨水Ancient Romance147k WordsOngoing [Survival at the bottom + farming + fleeing famine + golden finger + fictional setting + infrastructure building + no System + no CP for now + cultivation in the later chapters] In the third year of a great drought, office worker Su Xia transmigrates and finds herself facing certain starvation from the start. Luckily, Heaven takes pity on her and awakens a portable space! Inside is the rental apartment where she lived for two years. Fleeing famine after transmigrating would be bad enough, but ev 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ordinary people travel back to ancient times to escape famine

40. 90 下 The Days I Went to the Countryside to Catch Ghosts 下乡抓鬼的日子 Hao Yi Luo Shen皓衣洛神Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1970s? No problem! She’s the eighteenth-generation heir to a Taoist lineage, skilled in all five arts of metaphysics! She just didn’t expect to get hit and killed after helping a rich man find the perfect burial site, all because she hadn’t checked the almanac. When she opened her eyes again, she was a high school girl, and her family was arguing over who would be sent to the countryside. The System bound itself to her and demanded that she spread Taoist teachings in an era opposed 15.3kReads8.3Score2.3kShelves

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    The Ghost-Catching Little Celestial Master Walks Sideways Through the City

41. 91 流 Exiled to the Frontier: The Farmer's Eldest Sister Transmigrates to Reclaim the Wasteland 流放边关：农家长姐穿越开荒 Equatorial Tree赤道树Ancient Romance337k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + farming + satisfying read + infrastructure building] Shen Qingwu, a modern woman with master's degrees in both agriculture and water conservancy, transmigrates overnight into the body of the eldest sister in the poorest military household in Danshan County. Her father died in battle, her mother succumbed to illness, and her aunt arrives with tax collectors to block the door, seize the compensation money, and sell her ten-year-old sister to a procurer to pay the taxes. Blood run 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The author just loves this kind of story where the female protagonist lives amidst war and chaos outside, cultivating the land and building a small home in the mountains!

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